The Sunday News
Itai Chipunza
MOST things around us are made possible by expectation. Sounds very simple when put in a sentence in this manner. But most people really don’t get it.
So people pray the same prayer for decades and yet seem to never get what they want. It is always a near miss. They always almost get it.
Let’s use law to explain. God created everything once, He will not do it again. Within all things God created He has placed ability to reproduce itself many times. He has placed laws to keep the entire world functional and with no need for Him to recreate.
From complex laws such as law of reproduction of both animals and plants, to simple laws of wealth creation and breakthrough, God has made these to ensure that there is no need for Him to create man again.
In Acts 3 there is a simple passage which contains the law of breakthrough. Breakthrough is the final product, but a long list of other things have to take place before it actually manifests.
Acts 3: 1-10
3 Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.” So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them — walking, leaping, and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God. Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
Together — law of agreement. The word says two cannot walk together unless they agree, some versions say unless they are of one mind. For the breakthrough process to start, you must agree with God on what you are doing.
Hour of prayer, the ninth hour — the law of timing. Even in a situation where you are qualified for a job and the company wants to employ you, if you always turn up when there is no vacancy, you will always seem to miss it. Learn timing, do not just jump into the things because you can. Do it at a perfect time to get maximum results.
Whom they laid daily — the law of routine. Repetition is the father of learning. If you want to learn something, repeat it. If done all the time and appointed times, it becomes routine. For breakthrough to come, there must be a routine that you repeat daily in a bid to see the breakthrough manifest.
If it’s buying a new house, then it is wise for saving money to be part of your routine. Get used to not having all you want to buy and place the funds in a savings account.
Temple which is called Beautiful — the law of excellence. It’s always wise to be the best at what you do in order to get results. If you wish to pass at school, no one must study like you do. You must have an excellent method of studying in order to retain information for the exam.
Peter and John about to go into the temple — the law of access. Gain access to things that make your breakthrough closer. If you wish to be a doctor but have no necessary passes to be admitted into medical school, access to content on what is required to be a doctor is very limited. But when the medical schools view you as a potential student, they give you access to books and information that will help you make an informed choice. Equip yourself to gain access close to what you wish to see manifest.
Look at us — the law of focus. I have written extensively about the law of focus. But essentially it helps you to make quick progress towards your desired goal. Focus is essentially doing that one single thing until you have mastered it and can manipulate it to achieve many different results.
Expecting to receive something from them — the law of expectation. You get what you expect, there is no nice way to say this, you expect peanuts, you will get peanuts, you expect gold standard, you will get the Gold standard.
What I do have I give you — the law of content. You cannot give what you do not have. In moving towards your breakthrough, you will be required to give in order to have. You may need to give time, money, effort, intellect and all. These things must be within you in order for you to give.
And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up — the law of support. For the weak to begin to grow, they need the support of the already strong.
Same applies to one that desires to see a situation in their lives change, they need the support of those that have attained it. Before breakthrough comes, one will notice people of power begin to offer assistance. In some cases God does not use people, He does it Himself, but without doubt, a form of support is present.
So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them — the law of progress. The law of progress is the simplest of all the laws of breakthrough. The reason it is called a breakthrough is because there is an element of resistance when you try and reach for it. Therefore, when it finally happens, it is a sign of progress. This means from then on, your targets or goals are beyond what they used to be because you have moved from what you used to be and have become something more.
And all the people saw him walking and praising God. The law of visibility. People will see it when God has done something on your behalf. There is a physical change. You never stay the same. Even when one is humble, the blessing of the Lord is very difficult to hide. Thus, visibility is a law of breakthrough because we will all see it when the Father has granted you your desire.
And they were filled with wonder and amazement — the law of amazement. If there is anything God is very good at doing, it is shocking people by things He does in simple people. He likes to use the simplest of people to do the greatest of things. Ultimately people are surprised when breakthrough comes your way. Imagine the faces of people in your family finding out that you will be the first Zimbabwean on the moon. You see what I mean, shocking.
When all these laws are fulfilled and you stand there holding your breakthrough, a lot of people tend to want to give a lot of complicated reason why you seem to receive all you want and they don’t, they fail to see that all they need to do is revise their own expectation. You expect nothing, you get nothing.
